MKSheppard

Updated my SF1 WOE Style Hangar screens to work in SF2.
 
You can also get them from my website here
 
http://www.alternatewars.com/Mods/SF2/SF2.htm
 
If you've hit your daily download limit from Combat Ace
 
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Strike Fighters 2 Wings over Europe Style Hangars version 1.2 by Ryan Crierie (MKSheppard)
 
Version 1 released 12/23/2009.
Version 1.2 released 12/24/2009.
 
Updates over my original SF1 series hangars:
 
1.) The original BMP files which took up 460~ MB have been resampled into 1% compression JPEGs which take up only 156~ MB.
 
2.) They have been sorted into folders, for easier installation and most should use the naming convention for SF2.
 
Count is about 300~ hangar files -- some repeat, like for F-8H and F-8H_69.
 
I have copied some aircraft INIs over and changed the hangar file pointers to more standard formats, e.g.
 
AIRCRAFTNAME_Hangar.jpg
 
rather than
 
Sabrehangar.bmp

Compiled and Cleaned up by Ryan Crierie (MKSheppard)
 
Also available on my website at:
http://www.alternatewars.com/Mods/SF2/SF2.htm
In case you hit your daily download limit
 
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I claim no ownership or creation rights for any of thes effects; I just modded them to make them work in SF2, and then put them together to make it easier for other SF2 Owners.
 
v1.00 circa 12/23/2009.
 
I went through all of my installed effects INIs from all my addons and the various effects packs, like Deuce's, LEXX LUTHOR's Strategic Nuclear Effects™, etc and edited them to make them SF2 shader compatible to fix missing effects like MiG-19 afterburners not appearing, etc.
 
I used the rule of:
 
Materials that have BlendOp=BLEND_SRC_ALPHA
EffectShaderName=effectLightLevel.fx
(aka Volumetric emitters like smoke, groundmist, dust).
 
Materials that have BlendOp=BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA_ADD_SRC
EffectShaderName=twColor1.fx
(aka fire, explosion, light, flash, flare, streaks)
 
Found on Combat Ace Knowledge DB.
 
I slightly modified LEXX LUTHOR's Strategic Afterburner files so that you can have both Large and Small versions in use at the same time e.g. J58_Large calls the Large effect and J58_Small calls the Small effect. You can see this in the Screenshot for this mod; the one on the left is J79_Small and the one on the right is J79_Large.
 
I also rewrote some of LEXX's Nuclear Weapons Readme to make it a bit more comprehensible on how to make weapons datafiles call those effects in SF2.

Converted from my SF1 series hangar maker.
 
Is also available on my website at
 
http://www.alternatewars.com/Mods/SF2/SF2.htm
 
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How to use:
 
1.) Copy your StrikeFighters2.exe or StrikeFighters2 Israel.exe or whatever.
 
2.) Rename it SF2 Hangar Maker.exe (or whatever).
 
3.) Run your new executable. Exit.
 
4.) Go to User\Saved Games\ThirdWire\SF2 Hangar Maker
 
5.) Unzip this file there/place them in that folder.
 
6.) Launch the game using the SF2 Hangar Maker.exe
 
7.) Remember to start the mission on the ground!
 
8.) Manuver the external camera directly overhead over the plane and take a screenshot, as big as you can take it without the user interface getting in the way.
 
9.) Exit WOE
 
10.) Go into either photoshop or paint shop pro.
 
11.) Load up the screenshot you took.
 
12.) Use the wand tool to select all green areas in the screenshot and delete it, making them the green area transparent.
 
13.) Move the aircraft into the center of the now mostly empty image, or enlarge the picture as needed.
 
14.) Create a drop shadow. With Paint Shop Pro, its:
 
EFFECTS (Menu)
3D EFFECTS
DROP SHADOW
 
The settings I've found to work well are
 
30 Horizontal Offset
30 Vertical Offset
65 Opacity
10 Blur
and pure black for color.
 
15.) Copy your drop shadowed aircraft to the clip board
 
16.) Load DEFAULTHANGARSCREEN.BMP (found in \Hangar Maker)
 
17.) Place your aircraft picture with the drop shadow onto DEFAULTHANGARSCREEN.BMP as a new layer.
 
18.) Move around the aircraft until you've gotten it into a good location.
 
19.) If the aircraft image is a bit too bright, reduce the gamma for the aircraft layer by 0.68.
 
20) Once you've gotten it where you want, save the image and put it into SF2.

Enhanced Red Lighting '79 Campaign by MKSheppard
Readme File
 
REQUIRED ADDONS:
 
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New Nations Pack by Mike1
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=1630
 
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Alpha Jet by capun
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...mp;showfile=587
 
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F-16A Block 10 by xevilpetex, Mirage Factory, Team Viper.
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=3099
 
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Jaguar GR.1 with updated HUD from Mirage Factory and ricunes.
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=2910
 
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F-111 Pack by USAFMTL from Combat Ace
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...mp;showfile=917
 
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A-7D Corsair II by AD, Rafael, Marcello and Column 5
 
http://www.column5.us/cgi-bin/counters/uni...-7DCorsairII.7z
 
http://www.column5.us/aircraft/A-7DCorsairII_version_1.1.7z
(1.1 upgrade)
 
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Su-17M Fitter-C by AD, Sal, and Column 5 at Column 5
 
http://www.column5.us/cgi-bin/counters/uni...rcraft/su-17.7z
 
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Tu-16 Badger G by Pasko
 
http://www.column5.us/cgi-bin/counters/uni...rcraft/tu16g.7z
 
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Tu-22K BLINDER-B by Howling 1
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...mp;showfile=639
 
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V1.0 Changelog:
 
- Added SPECAT Jaguar for the RAF; you'll need the addon.
- Added F-111A Aardvark for the USAF.
- Added the VVS, with MiG-23M, MiG-27, MiG-21MF, and Su-7BM
- Added the East German AF, two units, MiG-21MF and Su-7BM
- Added the Polish AF, two units, MiG-21MF and Su-7BM
- Added a description of what plane each squadron flies, no more guessing!
 
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V1.5 Changelog:
 
-Now a separate campaign in the picklist with an (E) prefix added, so you can play your original WOE supplied campaign.
-Changed the F-111A to F-111F; added airfield in France for long range F-111F flights
-RAF Squadron Weapons updated to work with the latest Weapon Pack.
-Luftwaffe Squadron Weapons updated to work with the latest Weapon Pack.
-USAF Squadron Weapons updated to work with the latest Weapon Pack.
-124th TFS (Iowa ANG) with the A-7D Corsair II added and flyable.
-388th TFW with a detachment of F-16As added and flyable.
-JBG 34 with the F-104G added and is flyable.
-Bundesmarine added with two squadrons flying from two new airfields.
-All Soviet Su-7BMs changed to Su-17s. WARPAC allies still fly Su-7BM.
-727 TBAP for Soviets made playable and flies the Tu-22K BLINDER
-Added Soviet Naval Aviation flying the Tu-16G BADGER fron Poland.
-Added Royal Netherlands Air Force with two units (F-104G squadron and F-16A Detachment)
 
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Installation Instructions:
 
1.) Install the addon aircraft listed above if you don't have them.
 
2.) Place the Files in \Enhanced79\Menu into your \Wings Over Europe\Menu directory.
 
3.) Place the Files in \Enhanced79\GermanyCE into your \Wings Over Europe\Terrain\GermanyCE directory.
 
4.) Go to your AlphaJet directory, and replace the stock _DATA file with the one provided. This data file groups the weapons pylons together, and adds the WP attachment point allowing correct weapons to be used.
 
5.) Go to your F-104G directory, and replace the stock _DATA file with the one provided. This data file adds the WP attachment point allowing correct weapons to be used, and makes AS-34 Kormoran carriage work.
 
6.) Add the new textures for the F-104G.
 
7.) Go to your F-16A-10 directory, and replace the stock _DATA file with the one provided. This data file adds the WP attachment point, allowing light iron bomb carriage.
 
8.) Add the new texture for the F-16A-10.
 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
 
1.) To whoever uploaded the Marineflieger skin for the F-104G
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...mp;showfile=374
 
I used your decals on a stock WOE skin.
 
2.) GeG for his Danish F-104G Skin
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=2045
 
3.) USAFMTL for his Belgian F-104G Skin.
 
I used the decals and decal.ini file on GeG's Danish skin.
 
4.) USAFMTL for his RNLAF F-104G Skin.
 
I used the decals and decal.ini file on a stock WOE F-104G Skin.
 
5.) tigertompa for helping me with the F-104G weapons fits, and the AS-34 Kormorant issue.
 
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Future Objectives:
 
Solve the problem I'm having with the Badger-G, Blinder-B, and MFG1 and MFG2 not seeing ships and attacking them.

A PDF file with a simple list of what kinds of homing mechanisms Soviet Air-To-Air Missiles have, next to the names they have in the latest Weapons Pack.
 
Color Coded for easy ID; and great for figuring out what kind of approach to use with a R-60TM APHID C missile.

9 Soviet or Warsaw Pact Themed Pilot photos.

Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 30 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
AT-19
B-17F
B-17G
B-24D
B-25B
Boomerang
DM-4A (Mystere IVA)
F-15C
F-5A
F-82
F2H-2
F4F-4
P-70B
P-82
P-86
PB4Y-1
RB-57A
Re2001
Scimitar F1
Sea Fury Mk 50
SM-79
Su-17
Tu-22 (all variants use same 3d model)
Valiant B1
Valiant B2
Yak-15
Yak-25
Yak-25B
Yak-28B
Yak-28P

Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 40 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
AT-6D
AV-8C
F-5E
F4U-1
F4U-4
F6F-3
He-111H-6
He-219
Hurricane IIB
IAI Dagger
IAI Mirage IIICJ2
JA-37
Ki-100
Ki-45A
Ki-45C
Ki-46
Ki-48
Ki-61
La-7
Me-262A
Me-262B
MiG-15bis
MiG-17AS
MiG-19M Field Mod
MiG-23MF
MiG-23MLD
OV-10
P-38H
P-3C
P-43A
P-47N-15
Pucara
RA-5C
SeaFury FB.11
SeaHurricane IIC
SeaVixen FAW(2)
Skyhawk FG.2
Su-15A
Su-15TM
Su-7BM

Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 36 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
B-57B
Beaufighter Mk10
Beaufort I
Bf-110E
Bf-110G-4
BT2D Destroyer
Canberra B2
EF-4C
F-105D-25
F-106A (Alt)
F-111A
F-111D
F-111E
F-111F
F-111G
F-4B
F-4F ICE
F-4G
F-4J
F-4J (RAF)
F-4K
F-4N
F-4S
F-8D
F-8E
F-94B
F2A Buffalo
F3H-2M
F9F-5
FJ-3M
He-111H-4
Hunter F6
MD-450
Mirage IIIC
Mirage IIICJ
Mirage IIIE

Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 29 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
A-7B
A-7D
F-104A (rev)
F-104C-10
F-104C
F-104G
F-104S
F-105D-31
F-105F-1-Early
F-105F-1-Late
F-105G
Jaguar GR.1
Ju-188D
Ju-88A
Ju-88C
Ju-88G6
MiG-23M
Mig-23ML
Mig-23MS
MiG-29A
Nesher
P-35A
Su-11
TA-183A
TA-183B
Tarpon
TBF
Tempest II
TF-104G

Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 33 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
A-4B
A-4C
A-4C Caza
A-4E
A-4E Alternate IDF Hangar Screen
A-4P
A-4Q
B-24J
B-47E
C-130A
CF-104
CF-5A
Do-17Z
F-111C
F-47N
F-80C
F-84F
F-84G
F-86D-45
F-86E-10-NA
F-86F-15
F-86K
F-86L
F-9J
FA-18A
G4M2
J-35F
Mi-24
MiG-27
MiG-3
MiG25PD
P-39D
Sea Harrier FRS1

First of many hangar packs to come from me..
 
Just put each file into it's own aircraft folder. More will be on the way, but this nice pack of 37 hangar screens should be good for a beginning.
 
The following hangar screens are included in this pack:
 
A-1H
A-20G
A-26B
A-26C
A-6A
A-7A
A6M2
A6M5
An-2
Ar-234B
Ar-234C
B-29
B-57A
Ba-349
Bf-110C
F-104A
F-106A
F-111K
F-14A
F-19
F-4D (IRAF)
F-86K
F-89C
F11F-1
F3D
FB-111A
Fmk6
FW-190A8
Ho 229
Il-28
L-29
Lancaster
Mig-15UTI
P-40E
P-55
P-70A
Pe-2

How to make professional-looking WOE style hangar screens. Instructions are included, along with a "greenscreen" tileset for runways for taking those shots.

This expands the 1979 Red Lightning campaign to include:
 
1.) SPECAT Jaguar for the RAF; you'll need the addon.
2.) F-111A Aardvark for the USAAF You'll need the F-111A Pack. Sadly, the default german map doesn't extend to england, which is where the F-111A was based, so it's not totally realistic.
2.) Adds the VVS, with MiG-23M, MiG-27, MiG-21MF, and Su-7BM
3.) Adds the East German AF, two units, MiG-21MF and Su-7BM
4.) Adds the Polish AF, two units, MiG-21MF and Su-7BM
5.) Adds a description of what plane each squadron flies, no more guessing!
 
I thought about adding carrier operations, but the map was too limited for a carrier, and secondly, the USN in WW3 would be involved with keeping the sea lanes open, and battling the soviets in Norway, to worry about the central front.